Sunny Lambe shows off his Southwark Civic Award

The three Labour candidates for South Bermondsey ward - Leo Pollak, Catherine Dale and Sunny Lambe

With a few days to Local and European elections in the United Kingdom, Nigerian-born community leader and business management consultant - Sunny Lambe is asking residents of South Bermondsey in South London to "#Make it Sunny in South Bermondsey on Thursday 22 May 2014 local election by voting for Sunny Lambe."

Sunny Lambe, Leo Pollak and Catherine Dale are Labour Party candidates for the three South Bermondsey wards.

According to Sunny, he "became a Labour Party member because of its ethos on fairness, tolerance, equality and social justice. These ideals are very core to my personal belief; and which I’m prepared to devote the rest of my life defending!"

Sunny is not new to working within his community. He was a member of Southwark Group of Tenants and Residents Organisation for several years, representing the interests of Southampton Way Tenants and Residents Association, dealing with issues around repairs, homelessness, re-housing, property insulation, children’s play area, cleaning, lift breakdowns, antisocial behaviour issues, etc.

He was also the chairman of Southwark Black History Month for several years, and prides in the fact that he "took the event to the Peckham Square for the first time in 2005 in order to use it as a vehicle for building community cohesion and a spirit of togetherness among our diverse communities."

He is also involved with the Southwark Alliance Enterprise/Local Economic Partnership Board (Deputy Chair), school governing bodies, tenants and residents associations, church council, and many other voluntary professional contributions.

Sunny founded the Basic Business Initiative (BBI) in 2001 with a mission to promote entrepreneurship and self economic empowerment as a means of helping people climb out of poverty and social exclusion. He was the Vice Chair of Southwark Local Economy Group for several years, shaping employment and enterprise policies and delivery strategies across the borough.

In 2001, he also established the Peckham Supplementary School (PSS) which was launched by the Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman MP, in response to the unfortunate death of Damilola Taylor, rising youth crime and anti-social behaviour in the area. The project provided young people with support in English, Maths, Black History, Drama and other youth engagement activities across the borough and beyond.

In 2007, he founded the Sunny Lambe Young Entrepreneur Game Award (SLYEG) now called Young Entrepreneur Game Award (YEGA) - an annual enterprise competition that allows young adults between ages of 16 and 30 to test their business and enterprise idea with the aim of giving them self economic empowerment.